Name: Kate3Location: San DiegoTime: A few hours each on 3 consecutive days.Cost: $175

Kate3 wanted to reduce the entryway shoe clutter in her home, so she customized an IKEA cabinet with a little more character using wallpaper and new quartz stone knobs. Take a look below at her January Jumpstart, from start to finish, with her pics, tools, and instructions and VOTING...

BEFORE

TOOLS

Tell us the tools and resources you used for the project:

Ikea Sandnes shoe cabinet in birch veneer

primer

paint

roller brush

tape measure

grasscloth wallpaper

Mod Podge

foam brush

cutting mat

knife

quartz stone knobs

drill

screwdriver

Share step by step instructions for how you completed the project:We like to take our shoes off at the door, but found ourselves tripping on the growing pile. This cabinet also serves as a landing strip (i.e. place to put mail, keys, etc.) First I laid out the shoe cabinet pieces to determine the visible faces to prime and paint.

Once dry, I laid out the cabinet pieces on the grasscloth and cut out sections of paper slightly larger than each cabinet piece. I coated the wood faces with Mod Podge, smoothed each piece of paper on top, and laid face down to press and dry. Next I used a cutting mat and knife to trim the wallpaper close to each wood piece edge. Because the grasscloth has a tendency to fray, I went over each edge about a 1/4 inch with Mod Podge to seal. Then I assembled the entire cabinet, traded the Ikea knobs for quartz stone knobs, mounted it to the wall, and filled it with shoes!